{"id":7307,"date":"2021-12-13T05:05:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T05:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eatlao.com\/?p=7307"},"modified":"2021-12-13T05:12:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T05:12:02","slug":"meet-sapsap-a-racine-area-laotian-restaurant-with-a-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eatlao.com\/meet-sapsap-a-racine-area-laotian-restaurant-with-a-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet SapSap, a Racine-Area Laotian Restaurant With a Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"
Alex Hanesakda and his family came to Wisconsin as refugees in 1982 following the Secret War in Laos<\/a>. As he grew up in Burlington in western Racine County, his mother would sell egg rolls to help the family get by.<\/p>\n The egg rolls not only helped the family afford basic necessities like clothes, but also served as a way to educate people about Laotian culture and cuisine.<\/p>\n Almost 40 years later, Hanesakda is continuing that tradition through his Asian fusion restaurant, SapSap<\/a>, located in Mount Pleasant. Through his dishes\u2014such as a fried chicken bahn mi sandwich or pho\u2014Hanesakda combines traditional southeast Asian dishes with American influences, a melding of his heritage and upbringing in the US.<\/p>\n